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Community Leadership Development: Present and Future. Publication #50. A Report by the National Extension Task Force for Community Leadership. For the Community Resource Development/Public Affairs Subcommittee of the Extension Committee on Organization and Policy (ECOP).
Northeast Regional Center for Rural Development, University Park, PA. – 1987
This publication reports accomplishments of the National Extension Task Force for Community Leadership and makes recommendations for strengthening educational programming in community leadership in the Cooperative Extension System. The recommendations are presented in the context of a "white paper" rather than formal policy. High…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Educational Planning, Extension Education
Hitching New Horses to Old Wagons: Recognizing Community Leaders' Initiatives in Elkton, South Dakota, and Wallace, Nebraska.
Nelson, Edwin C. – Small Town, 1997
Describes attitudes and strategies used by two small rural towns to foster economic development and improve local housing, schools, professional facilities, and recreational programs for youth and adults. Emphasizes individual leadership qualities useful in creating a vision for community survival, communicating the vision through town meetings,…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Change Strategies, Citizen Participation, Community Action
Growing Grassroots Leadership.
Baldwin, Fred – Appalachia, 1993
The Brushy Fork Institute at Berea College, Kentucky, helps develop the leadership skills that rural Appalachian communities need to solve local problems and spur economic development. Community members from 42 rural counties in 4 states (plus 2 student groups at Berea College) have attended weekend workshops at Berea College and returned home to…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Organizations, Institutions
Enhancing Rural Leadership and Institutions.
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Cornell, Stephen – 2000
Research on economic development efforts among 70 American Indian tribes, mostly in rural areas, yields information that may be applicable to rural areas generally. Local control matters--when decisions move into the hands of those whose future is at stake, the decision makers bear the consequences of their decisions, resulting in better decision…
Descriptors: Community Control, Community Leaders, Decentralization, Economic Development
Left-Handed Fastballers: Scouting and Training America's Grass-Roots Leaders, 1966-1977.
Nevin, David – 1981
From 1966 through 1977, 700 men and women were selected, primarily because they had demonstrated some capacity for personal initiative, to be fellows in the $11 million Leadership Development Program (LDP) supported by the Ford Foundation to develop new leadership in rural America. To operate LDP a decentralized organization with offices in Maine,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Citizen Participation, Community Change, Community Leaders
The Role of Rural Schools in Community Development: Policy Issues and Implications. Program Report.
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Miller, Bruce – 1995
This report explores issues related to expanding the roles of schools and youth in rural community development. It is suggested that rural schools, when working in partnership with local leaders and residents, can have a positive impact on community viability. The report is based on a project involving a partnership between a local school system…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education